tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post2450087480016397472..comments2015-07-28T19:30:42.550-06:00Comments on Atheist Ethicist: Selling Transplant Organs Part II: OptionsAlonzo Fyfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05687777216426347054noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-64300441525252823182008-05-15T09:27:00.000-06:002008-05-15T09:27:00.000-06:00Wouldn't another option be plausible: That in his...Wouldn't another option be plausible: That in his case his actions depended on his belief in God, but weren't based on his reward or punishment?<BR/><BR/>Maybe he thought humans were sacred, created in the image of God, were therefore ends and not merely means, etc... and that this belief motivated him more than rewards and punsishment and a general lack of genuine caring.<BR/><BR/>Of course one could believe in many of those things without belief in God, but maybe God provides the most easy path to this kind of thinking, where without it, many people wouldn't otherwise act the way they do (as in this example). <BR/><BR/>I always find it disturbing that atheists, and I count myself as one of them, are so ready to dismiss the good deeds of the religious if religion was the motivator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com